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It’s now official. Tatas have decided to roll out the Nano car from Gujarat. It is a huge gift for Narendra Modi as he completes seven years in office as Gujarat chief minister on Tuesday.

The air was thick with anticipation as top Tata Motors honchos flew down from Mumbai late on Monday evening to take one final look at the site near Sanand, 25 kms from the western fringes of Ahmedabad, which has been identified for relocation of the Nano plant.

Sources said the decks have been cleared for transfer of 1,000 acres of land to the Tatas. Modi’s council of ministers will meet at 10 am before the Tata team arrives. More
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With competition hotting up among Indian states for attracting Tata�s Nano project, the Tamil Nadu government would not like to be left behind in the race. Top officials of the government, on Monday, rushed to sites near Chennai to ascertain the land availability for the project. More
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German automobile major Volkswagen will roll out passenger cars from its greenfield plant in Pune six months ahead of schedule, head o f German state of Lower Saxony, Christian Wulff, said on Monday.

“We had a great experience as far as India is concerned. The new plant in Pune is coming up six months earlier than its plan,” Wulff told reporters here on a question whether Singur issue will affect their future investment plans. More
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Two days after Tatas pulled out from Singur, Punjab and Haryana governments on Sunday said they would soon invite the corporate giant to set up the much-touted Rs one-lakh Nano car project in their states.

The Punjab government would soon approach Ratan Tata, the chief of Tata group of industries, to set up its dream project in the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal told reporters here. More
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An outsized model of Nano, the ultra-cheap car from Tata Motors, is pulling crowds of thousands during Durga Puja in West Bengal, after Tata Nano at Durga Puja Children next to a replica of Tata Nano car in front of a pandal during Durga Puja in Kolkata. Reuters More Pictures its factory was abandoned by the automaker after farmers’ protests.

The company’s decision dismayed many in the state. On Saturday, around 500 people, including farmers and workers from construction and auto supplier companies, held a rally in Singur, the cluster of villages that had been slated for the Nano’s factory, to protest Tata’s decision to pull out. More
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A Tata Motors team visited Dharwad district on Sunday to inspect the land offered by the Karnataka government for relocating the Nano small car project from Singur in West Bengal.

Tata Motors managing director G. Ravi Kant and senior officials of the company met Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ahead of the site visit to discuss the slew of promises by the state government for setting up the Nano plant. More
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Given the continual unfortunate conditions, Tata Motors has finally decided totake the hard decision of moving the project out of the State. In doing so, the company recognizes all the cooperation it has received from the State Government and states categorically that the NANO project having to be moved from West Bengal is entirely due to the continued agitative actions by the opposition party led by Mamata Banerjee with total disregard for the rule of law.

In a meeting held with the chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and minister in charge, Department of Commerce & Industries, Nirupam Sen, Ratan N. Tata, chairman, Tata Sons & Tata Motors and Ravi Kant, managing director, Tata Motors, expressed their extreme anguish at the heightened level of agitation and hostility by the opposition parties led by Mamata Banerjee, resulting in a concern for the physical security of their staff, contractors and vendors.
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As the race to offer the first commercially viable electric car charges up, automakers hoping to cash in on environmental concerns displayed a slew of models at the Paris Motor Show on Friday.

But executives acknowledged that uncertainties linger over the batteries needed to power them: technology needs to advance to meet cost and weight requirements, and infrastructure to recharge them is lacking.

Some of the models on show are still prototypes, such as Renault SA’s ZE Concept, while others such as Daimler AG’s all-electric Smart ED, have entered the test phase. More
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Automobile firm Hindustan Motors on Friday launched sports utility vehicle ‘Outlander’ in the country, priced at Rs 20.2 lakh (ex-showr outlander Outlander enters India after making its debuts in North America, Japan, Australia, Canada and West Europe. More oom).

Outlander entered India after making its debuts in North America, Japan, Australia, Canada and West Europe. More
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The Minister-president (Chief MInister) of the German state of Lower Saxony Christian Wulff today said that Volkswagen is setting up its b ig car manufacturing factory in Pune.

Mentioning that Germany is fascinated by the steps taken by India in recent years to promote trade and industry, he said that his state is opening an office to facilitate business and trade with Maharashtra.

Germany is also keen to develop an international exhibition ground in Mumbai for hosting trade fairs, he added. Wulff was speaking to Governor S C Jamir at Raj Bhavan here today. More
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